Facing Down Danger

On the edge of the battlefield at the beach laid an unconscious man washed onto shore by the tides. The waves bashed onto his body repeatedly as if trying to awaken him but to no avail. He laid there still like the many dead scattered across the beach.

[Wake up tenno] an ethereal voice called out from the void.

As that man laid there electricity started coursing through his body. Millions of volts of electricity fully capable of killing a man instead gave him strength. Bit by bit his body started to move until finally, he awoke. His light red eyes flashed a blind white light that dispersed just as quickly as it came.

Those eyes darted around with curiosity to alleviate his confusion start his eyes locked onto a scene that filled him with fear. Dead bodies littered the ground and even the ocean. Men, women, children, even the elderly were easy to spot in the blanket of dead. Everywhere around him was a danger zone guns, cannons, and the clashing of swords never stopped ringing in his ears.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!? Am I in a war zone? How the fuck did I get into a war zone?".

The already confused man become more confused when he suddenly looked down and noticed that he wasn't wearing anything that he was familiar with. A tightly fit sci-fi suit wrapped snug around his whole body the hood of the suit was down so anyone could see his whole face.

The man appeared to be between 17 and 19 years old. He had silky smooth dark black hair with light red highlights. Glowing white metallic chips were embedded into his left and right temple along with his chin. The man's entire appearance made him look like an edgy gothic sci-fi from the future.

The man didn't even have the time to notice just how much his appearance changed from what he remembered before a rickety long boat that had been mercilessly ravaged by the waves washed up. The boat contained a few navy soldiers some were dead others were alive yet wounded but not enough to keep them out of the fight. The still alive navy soldiers quickly climbed out of the boat to get away from the water in fear of it still being affected by the electricity.

After landing safely on the shore some of the soldiers noticed a strange person nearby. Cautious the soldiers immediately pointed their weapons at him.

"Who are you?". A disheveled navy soldier asked.

Having the shit scared out of him he quickly spoke to defend himself.

"Wait I'm not your enemy I just woke up here. I don't even have an idea about what's going on. My name is Ulrick, Ulrick Von Yeager I'm just a random guy. I'm no threat to any of you".

"That's a strange name you got their pirate".

"Pirate I'm no pirate I do software and mechanical engineering I may have pirated a DVD or two but I still ain't no pirate".

The navy soldier was somewhat inclined to believe what Ulrick was saying. Not because he trusted any of Ulrick's words, but because he had never seen such a strange person before in his life and that was saying something especially when you compare him to all the strange people that exist in this world.

"Already Ulrick Or whatever your name is if your not with Don Krieg's pirate group then you're a civilian and should get to safety. Where that is I'm not entirely sure so go find someplace to hide till the nave come to rescue you".

After that soldier finished speaking a bullet cut threw the air and struck his cheek resulting in his blood squirting everywhere as he fell. This all happened in slow motion in Ulrick's eyes before his area came under fire. The navy soldiers returned fire but were easy pickings for the 2 pirates that had a defendable position behind a long 2 feet high wall. The navy soldiers had nothing to hide behind that could potentially use the boat but none of the soldiers were brave enough to test if the water was safe again. Left with little options the navy soldiers could only run away to find cover completely leaving Ulrick to defend himself.

"Wait don't leave me take me with you".

The soldiers were about to assist Ulrick when they suddenly saw him stumble over and hold his thy as he screamed in pain. Ulrick was shot in the leg by the pirates. The soldiers deep down wanted to help but they knew that they would be shot dead if they tried. So they could only grit their teeth and continue running.

"Wait help me".

The navy soldiers paid no heed to Ulrick's cries. Seeing the soldiers ignoring him Ulrick became pissed and shouted out at the sight of such injustice.

"You cowards how dare you call yourselves navy when you run away like a bunch of schoolgirls when someone is in need right before you".

Ulrick's words didn't reach the navy soldiers that sped away as fast as they could but they did alert the two pirates that shot at him. Hearing an ominous clicking sound Ulrick snapped his head over to see two guns aimed at him from afar. Feeling the natural instinct to preserve his life Ulrick ignored the pain in his leg and laid down flat on the ground. While on the floor Ulrick pulled the marine soldier's body that recently got shot over his to protect himself from the incoming bullets.

What Ulrick was doing may seem like a dick move but despite times call for despite measures. The navy soldier was still alive when Ulrick moved him. The bullet that shot him only shot off half his jaw but didn't kill him. It was a horrendous sight but Ulrick couldn't care about that his life was more important. The wound the navy soldier received will kill him anyway because of the excessive blood loss. So in Ulrick's opinion what he was doing a great thing because it allowed soldiers to lay down his life in service of the people before he passed on.

Ulrick knowing that he was going to have no choice but to fight started searching the navy soldier's body for weapons. Luckily he easily found a long rifle, a pistol, and a sword. Ulrick had many questions about the old fashion weapons but having no time to do so he pushed such questions to the back of his mind as he shouted.

"COME AND GET ME YOU MOTHER FUCKERS".